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as we stepped out of the forest mother rushed over and started scolding us for being late. until she noticed the boar. then she turned to farther and said what am i supposed to do with that. you haven't even gutted it yet. so you better do that now and then clean your selfs up. ill prepare you a mid day meal. oh and remember emmet deposit the guts away from the house. last time you did this you didn't and we had wild dogs scavenging though the vegetable garden. now get on with it quick ill need to cure that meat so it doesn't go bad and that will take some time, she muttered as she walked back to the house.

farther laughed and then pulled out a knife and handed it to me, as he said your kill your responsibility. i watched him walk away to the stream. i started to feel like this was the only reason he had let me kill the boar in the first place. i wanted to run away and let him deal with it. i sighed and started to gut the boar. i was old enough now to realise that this was another one of those lessons in becoming a man. even though i understood why he had made me do it. i still resented him. it was hard, sticky work which took me an hour. by the time i had finished i was covered in blood. as i washed i could hear them talking. as i listened my mother said, are you sure that he was telling the truth. i would trust him with my life. hi would not lie to me, my farther said. we should run get edward away from any danger. im sorry sasha but its to late they will be here in the next couple of days. i heard my mother start to cry.

as my farther southed her he said their is one thing they don't know about edward or they would be here sooner. we can get him away from all this before they get to us. ill tell him as we practice you pack him a pack for him. i heard them start to move about. i realized i would look stupid standing near the door not moving. i pulled my self together and forced my self to walk into the house like nothing had happened. as i walked in i saw my mother packing some of my clothes and some other things i would need if i was on a long trip.

what's going on i asked my voice broke a bit but they didn't seem to hear that. they looked at each other then my farther nodded once and turned towards me with a cherry face and said this is the next part of becoming a man. you are going to go stay in the forest about a days walk away from the house. for a couple of days to show me and your mother how well you have learned everything we have been teaching you.

mu mother walked over to me and pulled me into her arm's its only for threes days, you'll go after your practice with your farther. wait i blurted out you knew about me learning to fight. well of course i did you farther can't keep secrets from me. she said with a smile. we just thought you might find it funner if you thought it was just between just you and your farther.

but why do i have to go on this trip now i shouted suddenly panicky as i saw the look that the two of them shared. my farther pulled me to one side. calm down now, we just thought it was a good time because of the weather being so and winters coming soon and i don't want you to do it then. i would have believed him if it wasn't for what i had heard them say before.

i wanted to shout. to say i heard you i don't need protecting. i can help protect the family. but the look in their eyes said it would be better that i just played along with this story for now. i would make my way back at any sign's of danger. my mother helped me put the pack on and my farther handed me his hunting knifes. i looked at them in awe. the hefty well balanced blades they were not really for hunting more for fighting. why are you giving me your knifes i asked not taking my eyes off the hypnotic reflections in the blade. i want you to have them from now on he said. my mother hugged me. she had tears running down her face. she turned her back on us as we left.

we dug up all the practice gear in silence but we did not practice. he just handed me the short swords and said take them just in case you need them. i took them my hands shacking. he didn't seem to notice. his face looked guarded that way it did when he was trying to think how to say something important. i know this is very sudden he started to say with a look which made it clear he was still not sure what he was saying. then his face hardened with a look of determination. i know this is sudden he repeated but you will understand when you get back.

i think you should meet me here and we will practice when you get back just so you don't get rusty, he laughed but it did not reach his eyes. now if im not here which you get here then your to dig up the practice gear. do you understand me he said hi voice firm with a slight tinge of worry. yes i said trying to keep as much of the panic out of my voice as possible. it seemed to work as he smiled and this time it was in his eye's to. he pulled me in to a bear hug and said go my boy and when you come back you will understand all i have said and you become a man. he pushed me towards the west and said keep walking in a straight line for a day that will be enough distance. o looked at him but he just smiled and so i started to walk.

i woke to the sound of hushed voices. my head was killing me like some one was hitting me over and over again in the same place. i did not move or make a sound trying to make the voices that had woken me make sense. they started to become clearer as i listened. i made out a familiar voice. how long has he been out said john. no idea he was like this i got back foster was here he said he fell over and hit his head quite bad and that we should not disturb him. another voice said. he deserves it. walking around here acting like hes special because foster got him in. yeah its not right why should he be here he's not from any of the great families. the voice's started to blur as i started to fall back into the blackness. the last thing i heard was john saying shut up edward has proven his right to be here and if any of you think im wrong you can take it up with my farther hes going to be here in a couple of days.i felt the panic at what john had just said, i tried to battle against the darkness consuming my mind. the king coming here. no. i must leave now. the darkness finaly won the battle and consumed my mind again